Man 'stroked sleeping woman while touching himself' on Hertford train

M11 closed as air ambulance lands at crash

The M11 has been closed due to a serious accident, with the air ambulance landing at the scene.

We’re running live updates on this incident, which you can follow here.

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Hertford loop bus service to last 18 months as new platform to be built in 2020

A replacement bus service that was due to run for up to seven years could only run for 18 months after the government decided that a new platform could be built at Stevenage by May 2020.

The Hertford loop, the train line between Hertford North and Stevenage, was due to be closed in both directions between Watton-at-Stone and Stevenage from May this year until at least 2021, with the possibility of remaining closed for seven years.

However, after campaigning from residents groups, councillors and three MPs, the government announced in a letter that it expected that a turnback platform at Stevenage could be completed by May 2020.

Double yellow lines will ease parking congestion in a troublesome Hertford road according to councillors, but developers “must consider” parking impacts in future.

Hertfordshire County Council’s Highways Cabinet Panel approved a recommendation to paint double yellow lines in Ware Road at County Hall today (January 31) after 349 residents signed a petition demanding an investigation into traffic and problem parking.

Rankin House on West Street could be turned into a wine bar (Image: Brasier Freeth)

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It took three minutes to finally approve plans for new Hoddesdon bridge

It took just three minutes for councillors to agree on long-awaited plans to improve on a vital 60-year-old bridge in Hoddesdon.

Hertfordshire County Council’s Highways Cabinet Panel authorised “all necessary statutory processes” at County Hall today (January 31) to build a new, wider access road south of the New River Bridge in Essex Road.